Belt or sash buckle



y 1, 1955 P. MAYSILLES v 2,709,289

BELT OR SASH BUCKLE Filed Jan. 26, 1953 I I I IN VENTOR.

PHJLJP Mum/225s BY States My present invention relates to sash and beltbuckles and more particularly to a buckle having no relatively movableparts by which the ends of a relatively wide sash or fabric belt may becinched and secured in an ornamental manner.

An object of the invention is to provide a buckle of novel constructionby which the ends of a relatively wide fabric belt or sash, such as areused with bathrobes, dressing gowns and house jackets, may be firmlysecured together without damage thereto.

Another object of the invention is to provide a unitary buckle havingsuperimposed spaced portions about which the ends of a belt or sash maybe each cinched independently of each other when in use.

Other objects and advantages will be in partevident to those skilled inthe art and in part pointed out hereafter in the following descriptiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein there is shownby way of illustration and not of limitation a preferred embodiment ofthe invention.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a front view of my improved buckle,

Figure 2 is a back view of the buckle shown in Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a side view of the buckle looking to the right of Figure 2,and

Figures 4 and 5 are respectively front and back views of the buckle withthe ends of a web type belt respectively cinched about the front andback portions of the buckle.

As shown in the first three figures of the drawing, my

improved buckle is formed as one integral unit and is without relativelymovable parts. For purposes of description my improved buckle may besaid to have a face or front portion and a back portion, with the frontand back portions disposed in spaced parallel relationship so that theopposite ends of a belt or sash may be individually cinched about thefront and back portions of the buckle and thus establish a tietherebetween in an ornamental manner.

As shown in Figure l, the front portion of my buckle comprises acircular portion having three chordally extending bars 11, 12 and 13that form a substantially equilateral triangle within the confines ofthe outer circular portion 10. The three bars 11, 12 and 13 are disposedwithin the plane of the circular portion 10 and.

the bar 13 is disposed so as to extend along a substantially horizontalline when the buckle is in use.

As shown in Figure 2 of the drawing the back portion of my improvedbuckle is comprised of two bars 14 and 15. The bar 15 is shown as bentintermediate its ends to form an angularly extending portion 16, whichforms the short side of a second triangle. As indicated above the bars11, 12 and 13 of the first triangle and the bars 14, 15 and theextending portion 16 of the latter bar which form the second triangleare disposed in spaced parallel planes. This disposition of the frontand back portions of my improved buckle is clearly shown in Fig- A atentiii right angle to the bar 13 of the triangle carried by the frontportion 10. It will be also noted that the bar 14 and the bent portionof the bar 15, here designated by the numeral 16, are spaced apartslightly as at 18 to facilitate a threading of the free end of a belt orsash thereabout when the buckle with the other end of the belt cinchedabout the bars 11, 12 and 13 is placed against the body of a wearer. Inother words, by leaving the space or opening 18 in the triangle of therear portion of my buckle it has been found that the threading orcinching of the free end of the belt or sash thereabout is greatlyfacilitated as this operation has to be carried out closely adjacent thebody of the wearer when the belt is finally cinched into position.

As shown in Figure 4 of the drawing when in use one end of the belt heredesignated by the numeral 19 is brought in from the right under thecircular portion 10 and over the two triangle forming bars 11 and 12,then around the bar 11, outwardly and over the bar 13 of the frontportion triangle and thence back under the outer or circular portion 10.When the end 19 of the belt is cinched upon the buckle in this mannerthe belt and buckle will be firmly secured together against relativemovement or slipping. After this operation is completed the other end ofthe belt, designated by the numeral 20, is brought in between the frontand rear portions and folded back over the bar 14 and then under andover the bar 15. As a final operation the free end of the belt is passededgewise through the opening 18 and extended under the bar-formingportion 16 so that the two ends 19 and 20 of the belt will hang insubstantially superimposed relationship with each other, with thecircular portion 10 fully and ornamentally exposed as shown in Figure 4.

While I have, for the sake of clearness and in order to disclose theinvention so that the same can be readily understood, described andillustrated a specific form and arranged, it is to be understood thatthe invention is not limited to the specific form disclosed, but may beembodied in other forms that will suggest themselves to persons skilledin the art. It is believed that this invention is new and it is desiredto claim it so that all such changes as come within the scope of theappended claims are to be considered as part of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. A cinch type buckle for fabric belts and sashes, comprising a facemember having three bars forming a closed substantially equilateraltriangle in the plane of said face member to which one end of a belt orsash may be attached by a cinch formed over and about said trianglebars, and a back member of triangular outline secured to said facemember with the plane of said back member spaced parallel to said facemember having a first bar forming one side of a triangle and a secondbar having angularly disposed portions forming two other sides of thetriangle, said first and second bars being spaced apart at their ends tofacilitate a cinching of the other end of the belt or sash by athreading of the sash over and about said first bar and the angularlydisposed portions of said second bar substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. A buckle for fabric belts and sashes, comprising a face member ofannular configuration having three bars forming a substantiallyequilateral triangle in the plane of said face member to which one endof a belt or sash may be attached by a cinch formed over and about saidtriangle bars, and a back member secured to said face member having afirst bar forming one side of a triangle and a second bar ofsubstantially L-shaped configuration forming two other sides or" thetriangle, the triangle so formed being disposed in a plane spacedparallel with the plane of the triangle formed by the bars of said facemember, said latter triangle being open at one apex to facilitate asecuring of the other end of the belt or sash to the buckle by athreading of the sash over and about said first bar and said L -shapedbar substantially as shown and described 3. An ornamental buckle forfabric belts and the like, comprising a circular portion having threebars forming a substantially equilateral triangle all arranged in asingle plane, and a second member having two projecting bar portionssecured to said circular portion at a single point and disposed inangular relation to each other in a plane spaced in back of and parallelWith the plane of the equilateral triangle formed by the bars withinsaid circular portion, one of said latter bar portions being straightand forming one side of a triangle and the other being bent to form theremaining two sides of the triangle, the triangle formed by said latterbar portions being open at the apex of the latter triangle formed at theends of said bar portions and being also positioned with the sidesthereof in slightly angled relationship with the bars of the equilateraltriangle of said circular portion, whereby each of the ends of the beltor sash may be individually threaded through and cinched about one ofsaid triangles with its ends depending therefrom substantially as shownand described.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS244,776 Wales July 26, 1881 920,234 Zimmermann May 4, 1909 FOREIGNPATENTS 673,785 France Oct. 14, 1929'

